LEWELLIN
,
LLEWELYN
(
1798
-
1878
),
cleric
;
b.
3 Aug. 1798
, third son of
RichardLewellin
of
Tremains
,
Coity
, near
Bridgend, Glam.
, and his wife [
Maria
], daughter of
DavidJones
of
Llan-gan
(
1736
-
1810
) (q.v.)
. He was educated at
Cowbridge grammar school
and
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, graduating
B.A.1822
,
M.A.1824
,
B.C.L.1827
, and
D.C.L.1829
. He was ordained
deacon
in
1822
and
priest
in
1823
by the
bishop of Oxford
, and in
1826
was offered, and accepted, the
headmastership
of
Bruton grammar school
,
Somerset
. Instead of taking this up he went to
S. David's College
,
Lampeter
, as its first
principal
, in
1827
, and held the post till his death at
Lampeter
on
25 Nov. 1878
, where he was also buried. He was also
vicar
of
Lampeter
(from
1834
) and
dean of S. Davids
(from
1843
).

Sources:

A. O. Evans
,
A Chapter in the History of the Welsh Book
of Common Prayer; or, the letters which were written
preparatory to the revised edition of 1841. Annotated, with
biographical sketches
, Bangor, 1922
, iii, 306.